Vol. XXIX 

 1912 



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earliest seen in flight on one occasion at 3.47 o'clock, when two 

 passed silently overhead. On one other occasion a single bird 

 was seen on the wing at 4 o'clock. 



25. Redstart {Sefophaga ruticilla). If the Oven-bird be 

 excepted, the Redstart introduces the warbler singing. All 

 warbler song is delayed on the average until 3.29, when the Oven- 

 bird begins to sing. The Redstart, based on ten records, averages 

 to sing seventeen minutes later, or at 3.46 o'clock. It has been 

 heard once as early as 3.26, but on three other occasions was first 

 heard at 3.55, 3.56 and 3.58 respectively. Two and sometimes 

 three birds sing within hearing. On June 28, 1911, the first bird 

 began to sing at 3.41, the second was heard at 3.49, the third at 

 3.52, and the three continued singing much of the time up to 5.15 

 o'clock. 



26. The Indigo Bunting's {Passerina cyanea) position in the 

 list is based on six records. In some of the years no bird has been 

 within hearing, although year by year several have been located in 

 the neighborhood. In the seasons of record two and sometimes 

 three birds have sung. The six records give the average time of 

 first song as 3.51, and they vary but httle, being 3.45, 3.50, 3.51 

 (twice), 3.54 and 3.58 o'clock. The birds after beginning to sing 

 continue most peFsistently, for while there may be occasional 

 pauses, yet the song is heard much throughout the day. 



27. Maryland Yellow-throat {Geothlijpis trichas trichas). 

 The first song, based on five occasions, when a bird was located 

 near, averages to come at 3.51, the time ranging from 3.41 to 3.50, 

 3.53 and 3.55 (twice). The flight song in the night has sometimes 

 been heard. 



28. The Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica coeru- 

 lescens ccerulescens) was heard on one occasion at 3.52, the bird 

 being located near at hand. It is unusual for this warbler to be 

 heard unless the listener goes within the woodland. 



29. The Blue-headed Vireo {Lanivireo solitarius solitarius) 

 has been within hearing but once on these occasions. At other times 

 and seasons its voice has been much heard near the roadside or 

 from the wood borders, but at the season the records have been 

 made the voices have been too much within the woodland and too 

 far away on the mountain side to be heard. But on July 4, 1908, 



